How to get out of Leicester
How I did it: I got a place at the University of Birmingham, then I just HAD to find somewhere for me and my 3 kids to live. That wasn't the easiest thing, but if you want something enough the world provides it. I saw a house advertised on the university property site - it specifed post grad students and I'm an undergrad - but not to be deterred I nagged the landlord and sure enough here I am. Can't say it's the easiest thing I ever did. But then again, it certainly isn't the hardest. And the net result = happy :-))
Lessons & tips: If you want to move away, do it. Determine in your head that this is what you REALLY want, if you don't REALLY want it you'll always find excuses. Everything else falls into place around you. Sometimes it doesn't go right. But in the long run it will all work out. Trust me
